To help you better understand NCQA's Physician Practice Connections®--Patient-Centered Medical Home™ program standards, NCQA has created a companion guide that incorporates summaries for the standards and real world examples from physician practices. The 32-page document- designed for practices looking for clarity on a specific standard or those evaluating the program basics for anticipated adoption, can be found below.

This project was sponsored by a grant from Pfizer Inc.

• Introduction to the Standards and the Guide
• PPC 1: Access and Communication
• PPC 2: Patient Tracking and Registry Functions
• PPC 3: Care Management
• PPC 4: Patient Self-Management Support
• PPC 5: Electronic Prescribing
• PPC 6: Test Tracking
• PPC 7: Referral Tracking
• PPC 8: Performance Reporting and Improvement
• PPC 9: Advanced Electronic Communication
• Complete Physician Practice Connections-Patient Centered Medical Home Companion Guide